On Wednesday 19 May 2004 07:43, Jonathan Byrne wrote: > Using kmail 1.6.2 in KDE 3.2.2 on Sarge. > > I'm sure there must be a way to open a mail directly from > a kmail search result rather than have the main message > list pane jump to that message when the message is > clicked in the search result. However, the handbook > doesn't mention it and just digging around turned up > nothing. Ditto for googling. Anybody got the magic clue > for me? :-) > > I hope it can be done because Kmail is worlds faster than > Thunderbird on an IMAP mailbox with 80,000+ spams in it > (no, I'm not kidding; I'm in the spam-filtering industry > :-) and the search behavior is the only thing keeping me > stuck on Thunderbird for this task. I set the search > window to stay above others, run a search, and want any > search result, when double-clicked, to open in a new > window. Thunderbird does. Kmail doesn't. Help! :)
The only thing I can suggest is using the Last Searches folder (at the bottom, or click on "open" in the search dialog) after every search. That opens in a new window if you double click, and setting a shortcut to open the search window again should be relatively painless. c
